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Vehicles get stuck on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway near the capital on Thursday creating huge tailback centering the four-day holiday at a stretch.

Vehicles get stuck on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway near the capital on Thursday creating huge tailback centering the four-day holiday at a stretch.
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